Justin Roberts

Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z. Hey! Welcome to Wednesday and welcome to the email list. After two sold out shows at the Old Town School, packed houses in Denver, and an amazing event in Houston, we've been having a bonafide blast this winter. But, we are also trying to catch up on our sleep before we head to Portsmouth, NH and Boston, MA this weekend and then on to Washington, DC (2 of 3 shows are SOLD OUT) and Philadelphia, PA next. In April, we'll be in Des Moines, IA; Iowa City, IA; Glenview, IL; and Los Angeles, CA; Then Carborro, NC; Minneapolis, MN and more in May!! Do we ever rest?? Yes. On Wednesdays. Z-Z-Z-Z-Z. Oh wait, the new CD, a video, a contest, and more. No time for sleeping. Good news is coming, including:

1. POP FLY cover art and track listing
2. Want to be in the new pop fly video?
4. Booking Justin & the Band, Important info, please read!
4 . Upcoming Shows: NH, MA, DC, PA, IA, IL, CA, NC, MN
5 . Steve Songs & Ellis Paul come to IL in April!
6 . Another Contest for Picture of the Month!

1. POP FLY cover art and tracklisting


cover by Sarajo Frieden
1. Pop Fly
2. She's a Yellow Reflector
3. Big Field Trip
4. Henrietta's Hair
5. The Backyard Super Kid
6. From Scratch
7. Stay-at-Home Dad
8. She Sits
9. Giant-Sized Butterflies
10. Kickboard, Baby, Yeah
11. Fruit Jar
all songs written by Justin Roberts
Produced by Liam Davis
available Tuesday April 15th, 2008 at all your favorite retailers real and imagined.

2. Want to be in the new pop fly video?

Well, kind of. Our very own giant-shoed trumpet playing king of a melodica player is making a very strange and wonderful music video for pop fly. He wants to assemble a crowd of faces for the stadium. Here's where you come in, send him a close up picture of your child or your inner-child (dave says "like a really excited headshot, you're at a baseball game. Like something great just happened. Hooray.") And he will assemble these into a giant collage. Think "the cover of sgt. pepper's." By sending a photo, you are giving dave the full rights to use this image in the pop fly video. We can't guarantee that every photo will be used but Dave will try. Dave always tries. Send your pop-fly-video-headshot-photo to daveintransit@yahoo.com.

3. Booking Justin & the Band! Important info, please read.

We are sad to announce that our wonderful booking agent and friend Michael O'Brien has left Thruline Entertainment. We know how many of you enjoyed working with him and we do wish him the best. Unfortunately, there has been much confusion at Thruline headquarters during the transition. If you sent an email or left a voice message about booking the band, it may not have been received. So now we want to introduce you to Michael's replacement, Elizabeth and give you her NEW CONTACT INFO. If you are interested in bringing Justin and the band to your town, don't hesitate to give Elizabeth a ring or drop her an email. She is sure to help make it happen. Also if you know a great kids festival or venue that has family shows, you can send that info along too.

Elizabeth Davidson
Thruline Entertainment
310.595.1591
jrbooking@thrulinela.com

4. Upcoming Shows: NH, MA, DC, PA, IA, IL, CA, NC, MN

Saturday, March 8th, 2008 2:00 PM
Justin Roberts & Not Ready for Naptime Players
Music Hall
104 Congress St.
Portsmouth, NH 03801
(603) 436-2400
http://www.themusichall.org/calendar/event_detail.asp?eventID=375
Price: $15/20

Sunday, March 9th, 2008 11:00 AM
Justin Roberts with Liam Davis
Regent Theater
7 Medford Street
Arlington, MA 02474
781.646.4898
http://www.regenttheatre.com/events/ff_justin_roberts.htm
Price: $10/8

Saturday, March 15th, 2008 10:30 AM, 12:30 PM, 2:30 PM
Justin Roberts (w/ Liam Davis)
Jammin' Java
227 Maple Ave E
Vienna, VA 22180
703.255.1566 x8
http://www.jamminjava.com/kids.php
Price: $15
*Shows at 1030am &1230pm shows are SOLD OUT

Sunday, March 16th, 2008 11:00 AM
Justin Roberts (w/ Liam Davis)
World Cafe Live
3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 222-1400
http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=2180
Price: $12 adults/$9 children

Saturday, April 12th, 2008 11:00 AM
Justin Roberts & Not Ready for Naptime Players
Scottish Rite Consistory
519 Park Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
515.280.4017
http://www.dmsymphony.org/academy

Sunday, April 13th, 2008 4:00 PM
Justin Roberts & Not Ready for Naptime Players
Englert Theater
221 E. Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
319.688.2653
http://www.englert.org
Price: $10 kids/$12 adults

Saturday, April 19th, 2008 10:30 AM
Justin Roberts & Not Ready for Naptime Players
Pickwick Theater
5 South Prospect
Park Ridge, IL 60068
847.384.0581
http://www.wunderstudios.com
Price: $15

Saturday, April 26th, 2008 11:00 AM
Justin Roberts & Not Ready for Naptime Players
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
UCLA Campus
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks/
Price: FREE
*Show details to come.

Sunday, April 27th, 2008 11:00 AM
Justin Roberts & Not Ready for Naptime Players
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (@ UCLA)
405 Hilgard Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90095
http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks/
Price: FREE

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 11:00 AM & 2:00pm
Justin Roberts (w/ Liam Davis)
The Arts Center
300-G East Main Street
Carrboro, NC
http://www.artscenterlive.org/index.php?a=Youth&b=SuperFun%20Shows&id=390
Price: $10/8
2 Shows 11am and 2pm!!

Saturday, May 10th, 2008 TBA
Justin Roberts & the NR4NP
Cedar Cultural Centre
Minneapolis, MN
info is still being confirmed but mark your calendars Minneapolis!

4. Steve Songs & Ellis Paul, come to IL (but at different shows)!

Hey I wanted to let all you Chicago folks know that there are some cool family acts coming to town soon. Check out Steve Songs who will be in Arlington Heights and Chicago on the 12th and Ellis Paul who will be at Schubas on the 6th. They both have some great samples of their music and links to buy tickets on their sites! Tell them I say hello.

5. Another Contest for Picture of the Month!

We are updating the picture of the month webpage. We would especially love some baseball themed photos or musical jam sessions. Or just anything fun. Send us your submission and the winners will receive a brand new autographed Pop Fly poster and a Pop Fly Sticker! By sending a photo you are giving us permission to post it on the justin roberts website. Send your photos to contest@justinrobertsmusic.com. Please include the names of folks in the photos, your email, and a physical address to send prizes.

keep listening,


Justin

www.justinrobertsmusic.com

Hello,

Happy New Year everybody! He had one heck of a time in Carlsbad, CA at Legoland ringing in the new year at 6pm Pacific. There were fireworks, lots of dancing, and many miniture lego cities to be had. Just check out this photo. What could be more fun than putting a hand on your head to bring in 2008? Jackie doesn't seem to think it's so amusing. But the rest of us enjoyed it.



All that and ... our new CD, POP FLY, has an actual release date now. Tuesday April 15th. Tax Day and the first month of Baseball Season. What could be better. Well, maybe just baseball season without the tax day OR the cd coming out tomorrow. But at least it's easy to remember. Stand in line at the post office for 2 hours with your certified mail tax forms and then drop by your favorite record store or bookstore or toystore and grab a copy of POP FLY. For you hip modern men and women, you will also be able to find it on iTunes. The cover art (by sarajo frieden) is spellbinding as usual. Since you are on the email list, you'll be the first to hear samples and we'll have a track listing and other fun stuff in the next email!

But first, don't forget to grab your tickets for our FEBRUARY show at the Old Town School in Chicago (remember it's earlier this year in feb instead of march) and for those of you long distance friends who can't make it out to Chicago check out some of our other winter dates!


1. OLD TOWN SCHOL OF FOLK MUSIC FEB 17th, TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!
2. JR and Liam in Oak Park, IL this weekend. And a few Evanston tickets available.
3. JR and the NRFNP visit Dayton and Cincinnati, OH Jan 19th and 20th
4. Downer's Grove Tivoli Theater and Winnetka's Skokie School (WPSN) Jan 26th.
5. San Francisco and LA, FEB 2nd and 3rd
6. Coming soon, CO, TX, NH, DC, PA (still looking for a show in MA, friends!)

1. OLD TOWN SCHOL OF FOLK MUSIC FEB 17th, Tickets on Sale Now!!

Folks, its our favorite local show of the year, complete with an even larger band than normal and even more strange antics (dave?). February in Chicago, think how wonderfully warm it will be inside one of the most beautiful and best sounding venues in all of Chicagoland. We are planning to have some underwater singers join us or maybe some other strange and wonderful guests. They'll even be free stickers and other fun giveaways. We'll be performing songs from all 6 cds. Wait, did he say free stickers?

Sunday, February 17th, 2008 12:00 PM
Justin Roberts & Not Ready for Naptime Players
Old Town School
4544 N. Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60625
773.728.6000
http://www.oldtownschool.org
click here to buy tickets from tix.com
Price: $15 public/$13 member
Shows at 12pm and 3pm

4. Oak Park this weekend!! and a few tickets available for Evanston show.

Saturday, January 12th, 2008 4:00 PM
Justin Roberts & Liam Davis
First United Nursery School
848 Lake St.
Oak Park, IL
708-848-4910

Saturday, January 12th, 2008 10:30 AM
Justin Roberts and Not Ready for Naptime Players
Cherry Hill School
Northwestern University Ryan Family Auditorium
Evanston, IL
773-255-5239
Price: $12
*Very Limited number of tickets available. Must reserve before coming. Email Jennifer Pasek if you have any questions or would like to buy tickets - Jenniferdp@comcast.net.

3. JR and the NRFNP visit Dayton and Cincinnati, OH Jan 19th and 20th

Saturday, January 19th, 2008 11:00 AM and 2:00PM
Justin Roberts & Not Ready for Naptime Players
Tippecanoe High School
615 E. Kessler-Cowlesville
Tipp City, OH 45371
http://www.duckduckgooseboutique.com/
Price: $12
Shows at 11am and 2pm

Sunday, January 20th, 2008 12:00 PM
Justin Roberts and Not Ready for Naptime Players
Cintas Center - Xavier University
1624 Herald Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45207
513.731.2665
http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/1158936/
Price: $15 (under 2 free on lap)
*Shows at 12pm and 3pm
**Tickets also on sale at the Blue Manatee Children's
Bookstore at 3054 Madison Road in Cincinnati.

5. Downer's Grove Jan 26th and Winnetka Public School Nursery

Justin and the band return to Downer's Grove for another rocking time at the Tivoli Theater. Grab your tickets now for this wonderful event.

Saturday, January 26th, 2008 10:00 AM
Justin Roberts & Not Ready for Naptime Players
Tivoli Theater
5021 Highland Ave
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(630) 687-1920
http://www.dgareanewcomers.com

Our annual WPSN show is at 4pm this year. Later than usual. You can sleep in. aahh.

Saturday, January 26th, 2008 4:00 PM
Justin Roberts and Not Ready for Naptime Players
Skokie School Auditorium
520 Glendale Ave.
Winnetka, IL 60093
847.446.5153
Price: $TBD
*More details to come

5. San Francisco and LA, FEB 2nd and 3rd

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 3:00 PM
Justin Roberts (w/ Liam Davis)
12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA
http://www.12galaxies.com
*More details to come

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 10:00 AM
Justin Roberts (w/ Liam Davis)
McCabes Guitar Shop
3101 Pico Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 828-4497
http://www.mccabesguitar.com

6. coming soon, CO, TX, NH, DC, PA (still looking for a show in MA and NY friends!)

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 11:00 AM
Justin Roberts (w/ Liam Davis)
The Soiled Dove Underground
7401 E. 1st Ave
Denver, CO 80230
303.366.0007
http://www.soileddove.com
Price: $12
*Shows at 11am and 2pm

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 4:00 PM
Justin Roberts (w/ Liam Davis)
Becker Early Childhood Center
1500 Sunset Blvd.
Houston, TX 77005
713.529.5771
*More details to come

Saturday, March 8th, 2008 2:00 PM
Justin Roberts & Not Ready for Naptime Players
Music Hall
104 Congress St.
Portsmouth, NH 03801
(603) 436-2400
http://www.themusichall.org
Price: $15/20

Saturday, March 15th, 2008 10:30 AM
Justin Roberts (w/ Liam Davis)
Jammin' Java
227 Maple Ave E
Vienna, VA 22180
703.255.1566 x8
http://www.jamminjava.com
Price: $15
*Shows at 1030am, 1230pm, and 230pm

Sunday, March 16th, 2008 11:00 AM
Justin Roberts (w/ Liam Davis)
World Cafe Live
3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 222-1400
http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/
Price: $12 adults/$9 children


keep listening,


Justin

www.justinrobertsmusic.com

Hello,

1. JR & the NR4NP AT MARTYRS IN CHICAGO THIS SAT DEC 8th!!
2. RING IN THE NEW YEAR AT LEGOLAND in SAN DIEGO or on XMRADIO!!
3. DRAWING CONTEST!! (also know as the contest that never ends)


Hi folks,

We just returned from a rocking good time in our nation's capitol. Two
sold out shows at National Geographic Live and a visit to XMRadio. It
was a jam packed 24 hours filled with a lot of marvelous moments. DC
really rocks.

1. MARTYRS CHICAGO

We will be playing our last Chicago show of 2007 on Saturday December
8th at Martyrs. As many of you know, this is a fantatically intimate
venue with incredible sound. The whole band will be there, we'll be
playing a few brand new tunes from the upcoming record, many of your old
favorites, and maybe even a special holiday song featuring liam's lovely
falsetto. Please get your tickets now as this event sold out in advance
last time and we don't want you to miss it. We are also taking requests,
so drop us a line if you are coming out. We can't play everything but we
will certainly try.

Sat Dec 8th 2007 11am
Martyrs'
3855 N Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL
773.404.9494
http://www.martyrslive.com

2. NEW YEARS IN CA OR ON XMRADIO

You can join us to celebrate the new year in person at Legoland in
Carlsbad, CA or virutally on XMRadio (where big-shoed Dave will do a
rousing version of Auld Lang Syne on the Melodica). It's not to be
missed (if you go for that sort of thing). More XM info coming soon. For
info on Legoland go to www.legoland.com

3. ART CONTEST

Finally the contest that never ends is finally ending. As I watched the
drawings pile up, I soon realized I had no idea how I was going to get
these pieces of art on my website. Let alone keep track of who did what.
I sorted through it all so if you get a poster addressed to Henrick and
your child's name is Emily I take full responsiblity. Also, if the
scanned version on the website looks like 1/4 of your picture that is
because you drew it on a very big piece of paper. Now I know why most
contests have rules. Hmmm.

Either way, every family will be getting a poster with a personal note
from me and a stick figure drawing (also done by me) of whatever song
your child/children chose to draw. You'll see that my ability to draw
has not changed from the time I learned to hold a pen and most of the
kids can draw more accurately than I can. But, my ineptitute may elicit
laughter which is always fun.

Speaking of fun it was really fun to see the interpretations of popular
favorites like "yellow bus" and "meltdown" alongside more obscure
numbers like "roller in the coaster" and "kitty kat, kitty kat." We had
one entry where the artist did a french translation of my a,b,c,d,e song
(et la chanson va) and another that was like abstract modern art
entitled: "tie your shoe." The artist might say it was more about the
process than the final piece. But, I'll leave that up to the
professional art critics. If it was my shoestring that looked like that
I'd probably leave it be. All of the art received will be posted on the
website later in the week so everyone can bask in the glow. Right now a
computer genius is transforming all your lovely magic into 0s and 1s and
crazy html code so we can all enjoy the beauty on the world wide web.
Check www.justinrobertsmusic.com later in the week for the latest link
to that stuff.

As for the picking so-called winners, this was really hard. As you'll
see, there were so many awesome pictures. I should have had age groups
and a whole bunch of other rules (like full name and contact information
on each artwork, oops.) so I could have picked in different categories.
Instead, I chose via whimsy. Anyway, EVERYONE wins a personalized
poster. And I picked 1 grand prized winner and 3 runner-ups. If you are
one of these winners please respond to this email and you can pick your
prize.

Here are the winners:

Grand Prize
Sophie Utsinger
Kitty Kat, Kitty Kat (from Great Big Sun)
Bettendorf, IA
Breathtaking watercolor rendition of kitty kat, kitty kat from Great Big
Sun. Sorry this scan is only part of the image and the colors are not
right. But, hopefully you'll get the idea.
<http://www.justinrobertsmusic.com/emailjpg/sophie.jpg>


Runner-up
Hayley Kahnis
Billy was a Bully (from Not Naptime)
Setauket, NY
Girl power! Sally McCabe in all her glory. Love it.
<http://www.justinrobertsmusic.com/emailjpg/bully.jpg>


Runner-up
Lucy O'Brien
My Brother Did it (Meltdown!)
Saugus, CA
Lucy did four fabulous paintings and drawings, but it was her simple
line drawing of my brother did it that won me over. I hope you can see
the expressions on their faces in this very small scan. If not, be sure
to check it out when we have everything on the website. Wow!
<http://www.justinrobertsmusic.com/emailjpg/brother.jpg>


Runner-Up
Will Lillis
Willy Was a Whale (Yellow Bus)
Bloomington, IN
This Matisse-like "willy" really grabbed my eye. He looks concerned. As
he should be. He's at the bottom of the sea.
<http://www.justinrobertsmusic.com/emailjpg/willy.jpg>


Runner-up
Charlotte Grace Fox
Little Raindrop (Great Big Sun)
Cary, NC
This very big raindrop made me laugh. It's full of the kind of whimsy I
wish we all had a little more of.
<http://www.justinrobertsmusic.com/emailjpg/charlotte.jpg>


Rock on to everyone who sent in a picture. I could have easily picked
any of them as winners. I'll come up with other creative contests in the
future because it's so fun to see what you all create. But, next time
I'll have better rules.

Thanks for all your support in 2007, looking forward to seeing you all
soon. If not this year, then next.

keep listening,

Justin
www.justinrobertsmusic.com

Justin will appear on Jack's Big Music Show this Saturday!!

Super Swell Sing-a-long - debuts Saturday, February 3 at 12PM EST
It's not just the Schwartzman Quartet today - everyone has a song in
their heart. And hear this, the songs are as different as squirrels and
alligators, because today everyone who sings in the Clubhouse has come
to sing in their most favorite way!
THE BAND: "Sing Along Song"
with LAURIE BERKNER & SUSIE LAMPERT: "Let's Samba"
THE SQUIRRELS: "We Just Stopped By"
THE SCHWARTZMANS: "Down At The Barbershop"
REBEKAH JORDAN: "Green"
MC TURTLE: "I Like To Rap"
JUSTIN ROBERTS: "This Is Zydeco"

<http://spiffypictures.com/jack.htm> http://spiffypictures.com/jack.htm

Hey all, happy 2007. It's my new year's resolution to figure out what this page of the website is for. Or how you can stop ending sentences in prespositions. Does anyone know? We are looking forward to our shows in Wilton, CT and Brooklyn, NY this weekend. Hope to see some of you there.

Thanks for all who showed up for the today show appearance. What a surreal experience. It was fun to have so many familiar faces there. We wish we could have kept playing all morning long.

Hey folks welcome to the brand new site. Hope you enjoy all the fun new videos, the music player, the coloring book, and more. If you are not on the email list, please sign up as you can have a chance to enter a photo for picture of the month!